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Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Constitution Directorate
Justice Directorate

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent Scotland - Easy Read
Document: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent Scotland - Easy Read (webpage)

Found: These include drugs, gambling and organised crime.An independent Scotland would also work with other

Select Committee
Twenty-Eighth Report - Student loans issued to those studying at franchised higher education providers

Report Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: oversight over these providers exposes the student finance system to exploitation from systemic and organised

Select Committee
The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: but I am keen that we somehow use the DA in FDAC for domestic abuse as well, even if there are no drugs

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Minister Philp attends the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Document: Minister Philp attends the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (webpage)

Found: Minister Philp attends the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: ● Economic crime ● Serious and organised crime 63Correspondence Email Address: HomeOfficePolicyMP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) technology failures where service provision suffered.I am not against technology—we live in a world organised - Speech Link
2: None companies that have regularly short-changed the public purs,; for example, by overcharging the NHS for drugs - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Fraud is a serious and damaging UK-wide issue, accounting for more than 40% of all crime. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) A case was mentioned where an organised fraud gang stole more than £50 million in social security benefits - Speech Link

Written Question
Drugs: Lancashire
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of drug offences in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Reducing drug-related crime is a key priority of the Government’s 10-year drugs strategy.

We are making good progress. Since April 2022 we have closed over 2,500 county lines and delivered over 6,000 major and moderate organised crime group disruptions.

We are also investing £532m into drug treatment which reduces crime and reoffending. There are now 24,500 more people in treatment across England, including increases in Lancashire.

We are targeting treatment referrals at offenders. The percentage of prison leavers continuing treatment after release has also risen to a record high of 52% - an increase of 10% in the last 12 months.

We are working with the National Police Chiefs Council to increase police referrals into drug treatment, as well as expanding Drug Testing on Arrest to identify those who use drugs. This builds on £2.1 million funding to deliver Project ADDER – a co-ordinated approach across policing and treatment to crack down on supply and support people tackle their addiction – in 13 hard hit areas including Lancashire.

The government has asked every area in England to form a Combating Drugs Partnership (CDP) to work together to reduce drug-related harm and crime. Preston is covered by the Lancashire CDP, and the Government has supported the establishment of the Pan Lancashire Drugs and Alcohol Alliance, to help coordinate work across Lancashire’s three CDPs.

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Prison Officers Association (68 Is Too Late Campaign) - Thu 18 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) population is rising, the average age of a prisoner is 36, violence is increasing and the influence of organised - Speech Link
2: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) Dundee revealed that vapes are now being utilised in prisons for the trafficking and administration of drugs - Speech Link
3: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) As has been said, prisons are becoming more dangerous, given the presence of drugs and the increasing - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) crime groups, challenges around drugs and psychoactive substances, or the increased demand for social - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 17 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: against peace, a war crime, a crime against humanity, as defined in the international instruments

Select Committee
Katy Bourne OBE
 VTR0039 - Violence and abuse towards retail workers

Written Evidence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: Violence and abuse towards retail workers
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: VTR0039 PCC Katy Bourne’s work to establish Pegasus will act as a step change in the fight against organised